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Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1974

Public Law 93-192 · H.R. 8877 · 93rd Congress · began in the House

Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Dec 18, 1973 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Flood (D-PA-11)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 371 yea, 33 nay371–33
  • SenateRecorded vote: 85 yea, 3 nay85–3
Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 371 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

371 yea33 nay35 present or did not vote

Dimension 2
Economic left–right
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Democrats who voted yea(211)

  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8
  • Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-9
  • Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
  • Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
  • Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
  • Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
  • Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
  • Rep. Ralph MetcalfeD-IL-1
  • Rep. Andrew YoungD-GA-5
  • Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. William FordD-MI-15
  • Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
  • Rep. Michael HarringtonD-MA-6
  • Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
  • Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-35
  • Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-38
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
  • Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-CA-31
  • Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
  • Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
  • Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
  • Rep. Bertram PodellD-NY-13
  • Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
  • Rep. John DentD-PA-21
  • Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
  • Rep. Lloyd MeedsD-WA-2
  • Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
  • Rep. James CormanD-CA-22
  • Rep. Teno RoncalioD-WY
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
  • Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
  • Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
  • Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
  • Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • Rep. Robert TiernanD-RI-2
  • Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
  • Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
  • Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
  • Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
  • Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
  • Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
  • Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
  • Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
  • Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
  • Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
  • Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-26
  • Rep. Chester HolifieldD-CA-19
  • Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
  • Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
  • Rep. Frank DenholmD-SD-1
  • Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
  • Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
  • Rep. Frank BrascoD-NY-11
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
  • Rep. Richard HannaD-CA-34
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
  • Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
  • Rep. William HungateD-MO-9
  • Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
  • Rep. John McFallD-CA-15
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
  • Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
  • Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
  • Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
  • Rep. Joseph EvinsD-TN-4
  • Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
  • Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
  • Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
  • Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
  • Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Bernice SiskD-CA-16
  • Rep. Joseph KarthD-MN-4
  • Rep. John KluczynskiD-IL-5
  • Rep. Richard FultonD-TN-5
  • Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
  • Rep. Hugh CareyD-NY-15
  • Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
  • Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
  • Rep. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
  • Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
  • Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
  • Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
  • Rep. Harold DonohueD-MA-3
  • Rep. Dominick DanielsD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-41
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Joseph VigoritoD-PA-24
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. Martha GriffithsD-MI-17
  • Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
  • Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
  • Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
  • Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
  • Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
  • Rep. John YoungD-TX-14
  • Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
  • Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
  • Rep. Frank ClarkD-PA-25
  • Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
  • Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
  • Rep. Ella GrassoD-CT-6
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. John CulverD-IA-2
  • Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
  • Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
  • Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
  • Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
  • Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
  • Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
  • Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. John DavisD-GA-7
  • Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
  • Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
  • Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
  • Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
  • Rep. Williamson StuckeyD-GA-8
  • Rep. William RoyD-KS-2
  • Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
  • Rep. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
  • Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
  • Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
  • Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
  • Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
  • Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
  • Rep. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
  • Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Walter FlowersD-AL-7
  • Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
  • Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
  • Rep. Bill GunterD-FL-5
  • Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
  • Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
  • Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
  • Rep. Phillip LandrumD-GA-9
  • Rep. Herbert RobertsD-TX-4
  • Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
  • Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
  • Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
  • Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. Robert SikesD-FL-1
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. William DornD-SC-3
  • Rep. Edith GreenD-OR-3
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
  • Rep. James MannD-SC-4
  • Rep. Dale MilfordD-TX-24
  • Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
  • Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
  • Rep. Ovie FisherD-TX-21
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
  • Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5

Republicans who voted yea(159)

  • Rep. Donald RiegleR-MI-7
  • Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
  • Rep. Robert SteeleR-CT-2
  • Rep. Peter PeyserR-NY-23
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
  • Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
  • Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
  • Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-17
  • Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
  • Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
  • Rep. William WidnallR-NJ-7
  • Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
  • Rep. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
  • Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
  • Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
  • Rep. Marvin EschR-MI-2
  • Rep. Charles SandmanR-NJ-2
  • Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
  • Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
  • Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
  • Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-1
  • Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
  • Rep. William MailliardR-CA-6
  • Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
  • Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
  • Rep. Joseph MarazitiR-NJ-13
  • Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
  • Rep. Don YoungR-AK
  • Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
  • Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
  • Rep. Garner ShriverR-KS-4
  • Rep. John AndersonR-IL-16
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
  • Rep. Angelo RoncalloR-NY-3
  • Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
  • Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
  • Rep. Vernon ThomsonR-WI-3
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. Jim JohnsonR-CO-4
  • Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
  • Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
  • Rep. Lawrence HoganR-MD-5
  • Rep. Albert QuieR-MN-1
  • Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
  • Rep. Dick ShoupR-MT-1
  • Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
  • Rep. James HastingsR-NY-39
  • Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
  • Rep. James GroverR-NY-2
  • Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
  • Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
  • Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
  • Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
  • Rep. Edwin EshlemanR-PA-16
  • Rep. James HarveyR-MI-8
  • Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
  • Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
  • Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
  • Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
  • Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-10
  • Rep. David TowellR-NV
  • Rep. Burt TalcottR-CA-12
  • Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
  • Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
  • Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
  • Rep. Charles GubserR-CA-10
  • Rep. Vinegar Bend MizellR-NC-5
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
  • Rep. Louis WymanR-NH-1
  • Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
  • Rep. John HuntR-NJ-1
  • Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
  • Rep. William BrayR-IN-6
  • Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
  • Rep. Charles ChamberlainR-MI-6
  • Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
  • Rep. John McCollisterR-NE-2
  • Rep. Robert PriceR-TX-13
  • Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
  • Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
  • Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
  • Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
  • Rep. William KeatingR-OH-1
  • Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
  • Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
  • Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
  • Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. Charles TeagueR-CA-13
  • Rep. Howard RobisonR-NY-27
  • Rep. William MinshallR-OH-23
  • Rep. Robert HanrahanR-IL-3
  • Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
  • Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
  • Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
  • Rep. William ScherleR-IA-5
  • Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-28
  • Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
  • Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
  • Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
  • Rep. Harold FroehlichR-WI-8
  • Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-42
  • Rep. Earl RuthR-NC-8
  • Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
  • Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
  • Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
  • Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
  • Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
  • Rep. Ancher NelsenR-MN-2
  • Rep. Edward YoungR-SC-6
  • Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
  • Rep. Gerald FordR-MI-5
  • Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
  • Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
  • Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
  • Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
  • Rep. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
  • Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
  • Rep. Peter FrelinghuysenR-NJ-5
  • Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-20
  • Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
  • Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
  • Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
  • Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
  • Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
  • Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
  • Rep. David MartinR-NE-3
  • Rep. Donald ClancyR-OH-2
  • Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6
  • Rep. William KetchumR-CA-36
  • Rep. William ArmstrongR-CO-5
  • Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
  • Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
  • Rep. Walter PowellR-OH-8
  • Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
  • Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
  • Rep. Benjamin BlackburnR-GA-4
  • Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 457 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.

  1. Dec 18, 1973Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public law 93-192.
  3. Dec 7, 1973PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. Dec 6, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #559 (85-3).Senate roll call 559
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #559 (85-3).Senate roll call 559
  6. Dec 5, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment.
  7. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments.
  8. Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #622 (371-33).House roll call 622
  9. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #622 (371-33).House roll call 622
  10. Nov 30, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-682.
  11. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-682.
  12. Nov 13, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to recommit Conference report to the Committee of Conference passed House, roll call #579 (272-139).House roll call 579
  13. Nov 8, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-626.
  14. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-626.
  15. Oct 9, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
  16. Oct 4, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
  17. FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #461 (79-9).Senate roll call 461
  18. Oct 2, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Appropriations Committee
  19. Jun 27, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee
  20. Jun 26, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #295 (347-58).House roll call 295
  21. FloorFloor · Motion to recommit failed of passage in House, roll call #294 (186-219).House roll call 294
  22. Jun 21, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Appropriations Committee
  23. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.